In browser, flash plug-in required or Download (Win/Mac/Linux/
iPad); Download for paid/education account only
Anonymous User:
View Prezi presentations
Logged-in User:
Create, save, and publish Prezi presentations
Email Use:
Required for log-in account creation
Paid Option:
Create private Prezi presentations, upload more than 100mb
of material onto the site (Education option provides paid
features for free to teachers)
Comparison:
Fairly easy to use, visually richer transitions than most, no
spell-check
Description:
Users can insert text, images, video in a zoomable, panable
flash canvas which transitions between information by resizing
and zooming around the canvas
Uses:
Users could develop an interactive map of an event or series
of events, create a timeline with different events with different
sizes based on the importance of each event, create a photo
gallery
Create videos longer than 30 seconds, add additional themes
Comparison:
Very easy to use, accepts user photos and videos, not able to
select transitions or animation types
Description:
User can upload text, images, and videos or use media
already available on the website. The user then chooses the
order of the media items and the website automatically
chooses the transitions and renders a video the user can
download or share.
Uses:
User can create an animated photo album set to music, or
create a professional looking PSA.
In browser, flash required or download (iPhone, iPad)
Anonymous User:
View published fotobabble slideshows
Logged-in User:
Create a fotobabble slideshow
Email Use:
Required for log-in account creation
Paid Option:
N/A
Comparison:
Very easy to use, creation tools show active preview, only
images can be uploaded, no transitions between pictures
Description:
User can upload images and record audio to create a talking
photo slideshow
Uses:
User could use as a presentation aid, annotate important
pictures, or recreate a famous conversation between two
or more people (with each person represented by their photo)
Create and publish Voice Threads, comment on and add to
others' Voice Threads
Email Use:
Required for regular log-in account creation
Paid Option:
Download Voice Threads, record audio via phone, (Education
accounts can create student accounts, no email required)
Comparison:
Very robust input options for audio and video, designed for
multiple users to view and comment at once, not the most
intuitive editing creation system, can be sluggish to use
Description:
User can upload videos and images and record voice over the
media. Other users can also add their own comments and
media after the main presentation, with each user addition
identified by the user's icon.
Uses:
User could use as a presentation aid, as a communal idea
bulletin board, or as a digital pen pal program.
Fairly easy to add and organize content, sorts content by date,
Can be sluggish to use creation tools
Description:
User can upload images, documents, audio and videos and
define in what order they are played. The user can also group
media into a stack and assign a date to the stack, and run
the stacks as a timeline.
Uses:
User could combine media from current events to create a
living timeline, create a historical timeline of events, use as a
presentation aid.
Additional storage capacity, HD exporting, additional
pre-installed transitions and media library
Comparison:
Very robust media editing software, comparable to Avid, Vegas,
and Final Cut Pro; somewhat sluggish performance with many
objects in environment, steeper learning curve than other basic
software.
Description:
Users can upload images, audio and video and create their
own multimedia presentation. Creaza functions like professional
video editing software, including multiple layers and
transparencies to create fully mixed and edited videos.
Uses:
User could use as a presentation aid, compare images to
video, create and edit a movie
Easy to drag and drop images, good choice of animation, limited to images and
audio, installation requires genuine windows checking software
Description:
User can import images into the software, arrange them, choose the
animation between the photos, and select an audio track (pre-made or imported)
then the program renders a video.
Uses:
User could use as a presentation aid, animated photo album set to music, or
create a professional looking PSA.
Easy to use video editor, more robust video output options and better
timeline than more recent versions of windows movie maker, installation
requires genuine windows checking software.
Description:
Users can upload images, audio and video. Video clips can be modified
with effects and transitions. The software will also render the final video
as well.
Uses:
User could use as a presentation aid, animated photo album set to music, or
create a professional looking PSA.
Prezi
iPad); Download for paid/education account only
of material onto the site (Education option provides paid
features for free to teachers)
spell-check
flash canvas which transitions between information by resizing
and zooming around the canvas
of events, create a timeline with different events with different
sizes based on the importance of each event, create a photo
gallery
Animoto
select transitions or animation types
already available on the website. The user then chooses the
order of the media items and the website automatically
chooses the transitions and renders a video the user can
download or share.
create a professional looking PSA.
fotobabble
images can be uploaded, no transitions between pictures
photo slideshow
pictures, or recreate a famous conversation between two
or more people (with each person represented by their photo)
Voice Thread
others' Voice Threads
accounts can create student accounts, no email required)
multiple users to view and comment at once, not the most
intuitive editing creation system, can be sluggish to use
media. Other users can also add their own comments and
media after the main presentation, with each user addition
identified by the user's icon.
bulletin board, or as a digital pen pal program.
Capzles
Can be sluggish to use creation tools
define in what order they are played. The user can also group
media into a stack and assign a date to the stack, and run
the stacks as a timeline.
living timeline, create a historical timeline of events, use as a
presentation aid.
Creaza Movie Editor
pre-installed transitions and media library
and Final Cut Pro; somewhat sluggish performance with many
objects in environment, steeper learning curve than other basic
software.
own multimedia presentation. Creaza functions like professional
video editing software, including multiple layers and
transparencies to create fully mixed and edited videos.
video, create and edit a movie
Microsoft Photostory
audio, installation requires genuine windows checking software
animation between the photos, and select an audio track (pre-made or imported)
then the program renders a video.
create a professional looking PSA.
Libre Office Impress
PowerPoint 2003, compatible with .PPT and .PPTX files,
output to flash available
as well as animations into the media elements to create a
presentation or flash module
create a professional looking PSA.
Windows Movie Maker 2.6
timeline than more recent versions of windows movie maker, installation
requires genuine windows checking software.
with effects and transitions. The software will also render the final video
as well.
create a professional looking PSA.